Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-06-23


and a gallantry worthy n better
eausc-wss both honorable and
glorious.
Whatever OF sirifo and bitterness
there has been between the two
sections OF the country since 1865.
must bc attributed TO tho action Of
othcrs--no part OF IL can bc Justly
laid at the door Of the old soldier.
With him, whether lie wore the
blue OF the gray, the contest closed
! twenty-five years ngo. and since
then, each has been ready To cIasp
the hand Of the other la fraternity.
charity and loyalty.
lie will not forget the past. for ,o
him II ~ glorious memory. but
from personal experience he knows
the horrors Of war and prnys for
peace that shall be as lasting a.
eternity.
lie now recognizes the fact That
the war was but the the publication
by fire through which the south
was destined sooner or later to pass.
that the South is Co day more
prosperous and better without ia
slaves and false doctrines than with
Them that the war settled aud
settled forever against tic South, the
only questions for which IL fought.
and that IL also settled, and settled
Tor all time, the doctrine that the
/ general Government il, must aud
forever shall be, supreme.
| The sooner all the people rccoe.
nilc the full force and effect OF This
result practice the true doctrine
that love Is stronger than hate"
the sooner will the light OF reason
chase away the prciudiccs OF the
night OF war; and the sooner will
the sweet flowers of fraternity
aud charity bloom and blossom a.
the rose, from sea TO sea, from lakes
to gulf.
| / believe that such sectional feel.
ing as may still exist between North
and South, Ia largely due 10 prci.
udicc born Of Ignorance. Not
! ignorance in its widest sense. bat
rather that which results from n
want OF knowledge upon the one
side, Of the habits and modes az
thought Of those upon the other
"lie hears but half who hears one
party only"
What the people OF tho two sectioua
most need, is better acquaintance
with each other; more friendly inter
more light.
In proportion TO that aoauaIutaneo
and knowledge, in that proportion viii
.be lingering prejudices Of to-day be
Lost sight Of.
know that IL In not easy TO "put
youISeH IN his places" that the peopls
OF the one section do not SEQ ths aitu-
alton as the other saw IL, and 1t IL for
tbis reason that neither has been able
70 hnnerstand tho handspring OF the
others action.
The man who knows aud fnteIIi1enfIv
comprebends the standpoint from
which his adversary arQuea himself in
70 Delief That he Is right. 10 a philOso.
pher, and that man has charity.
The day dawn OF that fraternity
Whlcn viii DO the necessary Outgrowf6
OF this knowledge, Was presa0ed l,y
Cne we al loved Ia these words.
Il feel that We are Oii tine eve Of a
new era. when there Is 20 BE- great
harmony between The Fedsral a0d
Confederate. cannot stay 20 bs =
living witness TO the cOrrecfneea ~
| this prophecy, but I feel within fns
that u 10 " 10 30. The universally
kind feeling expressed for me at a time
wien y wss supposed that each day
would be my last, seemed % ne % bs
he beginning Of the answer 20 sfaf ~
have peace. - bOps tie Qo<(i feel-
ing inaugGrated Will continue 20 ths
end.
DO you recognize thlsS Rsmsmter
I who uttered these fraternal ssnti-
msntsf Expgessed ths 3 hoteY $50
4 IHgEg Fgv a..
/ words OK that pure patriot, that
sagaciOus leader, who was at once
7 the greatest and best Combination ~
solder and statesman. PHILOSOPHER and
sage, that ever trOd ths fair face "a
eaIth---~Jiysse :. Grant.
To-day the Nation m0arns and xeeps
/ ~ the graves Of her Union dead. 40.
7 day, not this Nation only, but The
nations of earth, have burned beneath
[ y wilderness Of flowers believed NTH
I teafs % love and gratitude. the gravs
% bun, vhO, a. our coramaudsr IN
chief, Jed to nnal victory the Unioa
army.
To-day. TIE South stands in 'ears n.
TIE graves OF her Confederate Gaat
/ j o-day, TIE south has paid its tributs
[ of lovs and affection and rsverpues AZ
Tie grave q that cool. c1urareCus. ais
aud wise leader, Who. as their com
mander "a chief. led them thr0uzh
-'-'fA "a I" 80 NtaA HAtN aaAa0rl alifrFt
up % AlpCmattoN, and there sur.
rendered as TIE brave, a EuiGsd nau.y
soinief tltaI o. a.
The Confederate sciiisF. sleeping l1
Z grave sheltered ~ palmetto ana pain
~ lla native 1uutulEud, f0uxht ard
dleI ~ 90 eu1rt t0 rerrstuats a fsls8
doctrine ln az Cfors 90 perpeGusgs
human slaYery.
Tie Union soldier fought and died.
That 90 fair lard mlzht hs forever
I free; that the oid fag might forever
. foat from sea % sen. that ',g0verumert
Z % The people ~ ths people and lor tha
. people, should nos perish from thiI
earth
Ine dead % those two great Amsri-
can armies nos rtst Iu Sat gast camp
ing ground teyor1 te river Hters
battle Tags are forever furier. " here
Eniit-WinEed Telce forever rc.r1s.
10 pteiituee o. ural tlffcu. thcea
whom var made FOES. have .csed their
eFes % death.
Death has bottel cut al differences
ot opinion. tas grave has lcvellcd aiI
distinctions.
"Ile tnfilng vtars like ft lstfr.forn
Have NiItfEfFa nut 90 atEHl.